Today I decided to try IRay inside Daz3d. I've been really impressed with some of the renders that I've seen and was hoping maybe it could be a time saver. I think it could be, except I cannot get my normal maps to have any effect.

This is what I did- I use Substance Painter 2.3 (just got my 2.5 upgrade today) and used the Daz3d export preset.

Set Base Mixing to PBR Metallicity/Roughness

Metallic---->Metallicity (1.00)

Diffuse Map ---> Base Color (1.00)

Glossiness -----> Glossy Reflectivity (1.00)

Roughness -----> Glossy Roughness (1.00)

Normal ----> Normal Map (1.00)

The color and glossiness came out pretty much exactly that I wanted, but I get nothing from the normal map.

The texture from the normal map should be a spikes, so it's pretty obvious that I'm not getting anything.

I've also tried converting the normal to a greyscale and using it in the bump slot, still nothing.

What am I missing here?

I'm modeling a strap-dress and I need to rig it with G3F already posed. I first modeled it with her in the Null Pose and rigged it with the Transfer Utility, and the elbow, wrist, and thigh straps deformed when I moved her to the dress' basic pose. There was also a lot of poke-through that wasn't present with her in the Null Pose.

So I exported both the posed G3F and the posed dress from DAZ (as separate objs), imported both into Blender, fixed the poke-through, and reshaped the deformed straps to look right in the dress' basic pose. (Yes, I know I still need to smooth the new mesh. I also need to model the buckles, rings, linking chains, and the skirts that will hang beneath the shoulder and waist straps.)

I updated the geometry of the posed mesh in DAZ, and the straps went to weird places. I deleted the dress and re-imported the posed dress mesh, and it fits fine on G3F in the dress' basic pose, as shown in the renders below. But if I run Transfer Utility with G3F in that pose, again, I get weirdness.

How do I use the Transfer Utility to rig a garment that was modeled to fit G3F already posed? I know it's possible because artists model shoes to fit G3F with her feet posed, as Allen shows in this DAZ tutorial.

Thanks for your help,

Crissie

I just wanted to build a PC for IRAY, so i thought to ask for your opinions. This is what i have in mind to put together :

- 2x GTX 1080 TI

- Core i7 6800K

- G.SKILL RipjawsV DDR4 32GB (16GB x 2) 2400MHz CL15

- ADATA XPG SX930 SATA 6Gb/s SSD Drive 120GB

I appreciate any kind of help.

It's been a while and I want to get back into the 3D world. I would like to buy a laptop that can handle Daz and IRAY, so what suggestions do you have? Thanks!

Has anyone else just had a miserable time with content? Since one of the more recent "improvements" (4.7 or 4.8) I have had more problems with content. I'm to the point I would like to start using a different program. If I had any artistic abilities I would already have changed to Z-Brush or something similar.

Thanks!

Thanks,

Kent Squires

I just installed DAZ3DIM_1.1.0.67_Win32.exe Install Manager but my problem is
It gives me a message :
Unable to login to specified account. Verify the email and/or password and try again.
I try many many times. No success.
I verify the same email and password to login into with noo problem.
(That's why I can post now)

So, what's going on? HELP!

Thanks.

Thanks!

Says you have to register it to use it. Go to the registration 'page' in DS49, and it tells me that the plug-in failed to load, and that it was made for a "newer" version of DS.

Huh? 

DIM says its installed. Did I miss something?

- I have 360 PNG files

- I want to create an animation out of them

- Retain transparent background and image quality. 

- I want to export it as SWF because GIF is too pixelated and loses to many colors.

Currently trying Photoshop  and Animate CC but I cant get exactly what I want.

Even if I drill down to a function like 'standing', I can't see all of the poses.

Content Library has a next page button for this type of situation. Is there anything similar for Smart Content? If not, are there any recommendations for how I can browse all my standing poses?

"Display driver stopped responding and recovered / Display driver NIVIDA Windows kernal mode driver version 258.91 stopped responding and has successfully recovered"

I've gotten this error for YEARS and yes my DAZ Studio is up to date and so is my graphics driver. I thought updating to more powerful cards would work; I even got a new more powerful power supply too. Also, I have 16 GB of RAM, and my operating System is Windows 7; my processor is an Intel Core i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 2501 Mhz, 4 Core (s), 8 Logical Processor(s).

I had a GTX 960 before this Titan X but both are doing the same thing. I had a GTX 570 with the same problem before that.

This has happened with every version of DAZ Studio I have tried to render with; obviosuly with 3Delight first, and now with Iray. Now, this error does not always happen, but it often does. When it does "recover", DAZ will continue rendering with the CPU. But if I try to cancel the render, DAZ will completely crash with the following error: "Unable to recover from a kernal exception. The application must close." I have no clue what this means.

I also have an on-board Intel graphics card that cannot be disabled through the BIOS. This is what DAZ defaults to when the NVIDIA error occurs. It is an Intel HD Graphics 4000; and the only other one of course is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X.

So what's the issue? It must be DAZ, right? Or something that is not DAZ or the graphics card? Is ANYONE else having this problem at all?

I'm trying to think of what else might be relevant... In the advanced render settings, I have both CPU and TITAN X chosen under both the Photoreal Devices and Interactive Devices categories. OptiX Prime Acceleration is currently checked, but this doesn't seem to matter whether or not it crashes.

Does anyone think in might be the motherboard itself?

This is from the NVIDIA help chat;

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Arun: from the system information report the graphics card and its drivers are being detected correctly
Arun: the driver version seems to be older
Arun: however the onboard Intel graphics adapter is still enabled and could be the major cause of the issue

Arun: you would need to disable the onboard graphics adapter in the BIOS and the Device Manager with the assistance of your motherboard / computer manufacturer before trying to install the add on graphics card and its drivers

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But I told him, both drivers are listed as up to date. Now I actually had the Intel card disabled in my Device Manager, but I don't know... I guess I still need to go into the BIOS; maybe I somehow missed it before. >.>

Then I mentioned this:

DEM: Actually according to my Device Manager, the Intel card was Disabled, not Enabled; do you think that would make a difference? Still go into the bios?
Arun: yes it will make a difference and unless the onboard graphics adapter is disabled in the BIOS and the Device Manager conflicts are expected
Arun: also if it is disabled in the Device Manager, then it would not be detected as enabled in the system information report Arun: it might have some how got enabled when you restart the computer
DEM: odd. Because i just enabled it in the device manager. Well I will try this method. Thank you.

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Now, as I was chatting, I opened DAZ again and unchecked the CPU option. Rendered a single charater, no crash. Rendered the scene which has been erroring, and it errored again (and will crash if I cancel the render).

The scene I am trying to do is two Genesis characters a simple rock outcrop. No lights except the IBL environnment.

When I went into the BIOS, we never found theb graphics driver listed (again). We did change the graphics or the monitor to PCI-E but it didn't change anything; it errored again, so here I am.

I bought TerraDome 2 for Poser yesterday and tried last night to open it in DS 4.9.  The base character loaded, but when I tried to add textures/materials and incorporate other morph objects that came with TerraDome 2, nothing happened (the exception being the Sky Dome textures, which applied inaccurately).  What am I doing wrong, and can it be fixed in DAZ?  Thanks!

I could really need your help.

Thank you!

I'm trying to use Blacksmith3D Texture Converter

I am using iRay with, I guess, the default setting. What am I missing? I am new to 3D and Daz but I can't find any answers to my issue elsewhere online so if anyone can offer me an explaination, I'd be very grateful.

Any ideas?

Thank you,

Sig.

Why?

And is there a way to tell which packages will do what before buying them?

I installed look at my hair and he only thing I can access is the LAMH player only through windows>Panes>look at my hair. The Icon at the top used to launch LAMH Hair Salon that I've seen in this tutorial is missing. I tried loading default city Limits workspace to see if it would appear but it didn't work.

I did uninstall the free LAMH Player for DAZ Studio 4.5+ (Win 64-bit) in the Install manager as in the instructions. The only thing installed when searching for LAMH in the Install Manager is LAMH for DAZ Studio 4.5+(Win 64-Bit).

A cause could be that I might have installed the free player manually a while ago. What do I need to do to manually uninstall if that is the case? I've tried installing the free player in the Install Manager then uninstalling to see if I can completely remove it. I also tried deleting "lamhPlayerPlugin.64.dll" in plugins.

That Means in Daz3D It Looks Great,when i Export it into FBX; and Import it into my 3D Programm its Look Like Strange, Its Like The Character is More Heavier .

I Have 10%Weight, and 10% Heavy, (Adjusted Manual) can be that a Problem?, or Why its so Buggy, Never had the Problem before.

and now i Edited the Morph Rules for Bake Weight and Heavy, but still doesnt Work.

Hope Someone can help me

Thanks!

In Poser, there is/was a Python script which would collect all scene assests in a single folder but I no longer use Poser because of Genesis compatibility issues. I've yet to find anything similar for Studio. Does such a thing exist that I'm unaware of? This would make using my network to both create and then render scenes much more feasable; create the scene, gather all of its assests data in a single folder along with the Daz scene file, move the folder to a shared drive or perhaps a thumb drive, open and then render the scene on my other iMac. 

Any advice?